Garment pocket



Aug. 24 1926.

H. STALL GARMENT POCKET Filed July 27, 1925 INVENTOR. #arly Sinik BY j ATToRNEYs.

Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

` HARRY sTALL, on ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

GARMENT POCKET.

Application filed vJuly 27, 1925. Serial No. 46,192.

The present invention relates to `garment pockets and more particularlyto the type in which the pocket proper is covered byv a patch eitherupon the outside or inside of the garment. An object of the invention isto so construct a patch that the pocket may expand. Another object ofthe invention is to provide a construction which will make it possibleto sew the patch on by unskilled labo-r, doing away with the handfelling used in patches heretofore employed.

To these and 4other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts, all of which will behereinafter described: thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings y n Fig. 1 is a view of a mans coat equipped with apocket;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the in -side of a lower corner of a coatshowing the pocket patch;

Fig. 3 is a vi-ew showing the pocket patch partially ripped from thepocket to expose the garment pocket; Y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a view of the garment equipped with an outside patch;

Fig. 6 is a section through the construction shown in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 shows the same construction with the pocket expanded.

Referring more particularly to the embodiment of the invention, 1indicates a garment which, in this in-stance, is a mans coat. This coatis only partially lined as at 2 on its inner side. The garment isprovided with the usual pocket slot 4 covered by an outside flap 5, thepocket G, fastenedv in the usual manner, being suspended on the innerside of the garment. As this pocket, owing to the absence of theliningwill otherwise be exposed, it is customary to provide over thispocket a patch 3. Prior to this invention this patch has been secured tothe inner face of the garment at its lower and side edges through abellows arrangement, which will permit the patch to move slightly awayfrom the garment at its edges when the pocket would be expanded. Such anarrangement required a hand felling 0peration and this necessitated theemployment of highly skilled labor.

According to this invention a pocket patch is provided which can besecured in place by unskilled labor without .any basting operation andwithout hand felling in the first instance, thus reducing lthe cost ofmanufacture of the garment.

According to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. l to4, inclusive, the patch 3 is formed of the same material as th-e mainmaterial of the garment and has three of its edges extending beyond thelining 2 provided with a finishing strip or binding 7 which may be`stitched on by the sewing` machine before the patch is applied to thepocket. This patch is also provided with an L shaped slot 8, the wallsof which are connected by bellows 9, said slot conforming to the bottomand one of the side edges of the pocket 6. lows .arrangement can also bestitched on the ordinary sewing machine before the patch is applied tothe garment. After the patch is completed, it is .stitched over thepocket by stitches lO at its edges, the patch being extended under thelining 2. It will thus be seen that the bellows is provided in the patchbef-ore the latter is secured to the garment and the edge `of the patchis also finished before the patch is secured to the garment. All of thiswork may be done by an unskilled workman on a sewing` machine and thepatch may later be secured to the garment by an unskilled workmanwithout any felling operation. f

In the embodiment of the invention illus This beltrated in Figs. 5, 6and 7 the invention is shown in a garment having outside pocket patches.In this construction, the garment Y l has a patch 3a of the samematerial as such garment, secured to its outer face over a pocket 62Lfastened to the. garment in the usual mann-er. This patch 3 is providedwith a cut' 8a within its edges conforming substantially to the outlineof the pocket. The edges of this cut are connected by a bellows 9 whichis formed of the same material as the patch. The edge of the patch TVQ 3is turned and seamed to the body of the garment in the usual manner asat 10.

From the foregoing it kWill be seen that y' there has been provided apocket having a 5 patch covering the same and formed With a bellowsWithin its` edges, thereby permitting the patch to be made independentlyof the garment and fastened to the garment by unskilled labor Withoutany basting or 10 felling operation.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isIn combination with a garment having a pocket, a patch covering saidpocket provided With a cut within its edges, and a bellows connectingthe edges of said cut to permit the expansion of the pocket patch saidpatch being secured to the garment between the bellows` and the edge ofthe patch.

HARRY STALL.

